The dynamics of educational effectiveness
Subtitle: a contribution to policy, practice and theory in contemporary schools
By: Bert Creemers and Leonidas Kyriakides.
Contributors: Kyriakidēs, Leōnidas.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415389518; 9780415399531
Subjects: Education -- Research; Academic achievement; Education -- Evaluation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The background to educational effectiveness research; title: Towards the development of the theoretical framework of educational effectiveness research; title: Essential characteristics of educational effectiveness research; title: The comprehensive model of educational effectiveness; title: Empirical testing of the comprehensive model of educational effectiveness: review of research; title: A dynamic model of educational effectiveness; title: The essential features of the dynamic model; title: The dynamic model: factors operating at student and classroom level; title: The dynamic model: factors operating at school and context level; title: Empirical support for the dynamic model of educational effectiveness; title: Testing the dynamic model: a study investigating the impact of classroom-level factors on student achievement gains; title: Testing the dynamic model: a synthesis of studies investigating the impact of school factors on student achievement; title: Implications for research, policy and practice; title: Implications for research and evaluation; title: Implications for policy; title: Implications for the improvement of educational practice; title: References; title: Appendix. Studies investigating the effect of school level factors on student achievement used for the meta-analysis reported in Chapter 9.